John Travolta Premieres 1-Hour Cannes Film, Sets Apple Release for May 29
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Updated · Variety · May 16
John Travolta Premieres 1-Hour Cannes Film, Sets Apple Release for May 29
6 articles · Updated · Variety · May 16
Cannes unveiled John Travolta’s first self-written, self-directed feature, the 1-hour “Propeller One-Way Night Coach,” ahead of its Apple debut on May 29.
Based on Travolta’s 1997 children’s novel, the film turns an 8-year-old boy’s 1962 TWA trip from the East Coast to California into a fictionalized childhood memoir.
Travolta narrates the entire movie, leaning on nostalgia for the space-age era, airplane travel and his mother rather than a conventional plot.
Clark Shotwell plays young Jeff, while Ella Bleu Travolta appears as a stewardess; the Cannes premiere opened with a 10-minute montage of Travolta’s career and drew a rapturous reception.
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